EDLA241 Notes

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Topics included: Exploring the ACE K-2 and NESA syllabus Participating in a reading lesson. Reflection on what a reading lesson involves. Personal reflection on early literacy learning experience Understanding reading and children’s reading behaviours and development The four cueing systems The four roles of the reader/viewer The Gradual Release of Responsibility model in teaching reading. Visual literacy Understanding visual codes and teaching visual literacy Using visual codes in modelled reading: book orientation Shared Reading: Working with text: Teaching Vocabulary Phonological awareness Revision of the four roles of the reader Teaching and assessing reading comprehension Assessing reading behaviours: Running records Supporting struggling readers Teaching phonological awareness and vocabulary Grammatical differences between speech and writing Children's writing development Revision: The Gradual Release of Responsibility for teaching writing. The genre-based approach to teaching writing: The Teaching and Learning Cycle Teaching grammar and punctuation Teaching Spelling 10 Weeks of 2hr tutorials and 1 hr lectures every week.